Grammar: How to use TO with transitive verbs

Thank you for the lesson, Jade!
How about”Whom am I speaking to?” Is it correct?

engread

no You have to put “to” at the begining

Briklend Handersson

”Whom am I speaking to?” is correct. “To whom am I speaking?”is more formal.

byte

No when You use whom you must put to at the begining. Formal=correct

Briklend Handersson

An open mind instead of looking for what is wrong in a new information, actively looks for what is right:))

byte

You must open your mind and colse your bocca. Handersson MD, Ph.D

Briklend Handersson

Gent.le Prof.
Era solo un gioco. Io ho studiato inglese ad Oxford e mi hanno insegnato che quello che Lei ritiene corretto è corretto ma suona ugly un po’ come quando usano Who ( scorretto) e per tale motivo quasi mai usato. Ma preferibile usare il To davanti o in modo confidenziale Who. Lavorando negli USA l’ipotesi di whom e to alla fine non vincente neanche menzionata. Mi complimento con il Suo inglese e grazie per le correzione. Con deferente ossequio Briklend Handersson

Briklend Handersson

Ad una persona che saluta con “deferente ossequio”, perdono tutto. Ringrazio inoltre per la spiegazione e mi complimento per il Suo inglese:)

byte

Sono onorata che mi dia della Prof!

byte

It’d be interesting to make a video-lesson on transitive-intransitive verbs to contrast one with the other. This may help us to understand a bit more how these verbs work.

Prepositions, to tell the truth, always give me a splitting headache.

Many thanks for this lesson Jade.

Regino

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BetoArg

Yep. It’s correct but it’s not common like who

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Tarcísio

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Dr.solaiman

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moosa33

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Enkutatash

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I really don’t know But I just felt a very little stress in your voice or using too much “Um, Err, ah”.
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shadow

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daniy

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she is british you should be excited rather than complaining about small details

ahjij abdelhafid

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CREBIO

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Eva0104

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saelboon

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pablovinicius

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MrPorus

Thanks, Jade. Very useful lesson.
What about “say”? Is it transitive or not?

APicon

to say is transitive: Dad says to come and eat dinner right now. ( Papá dice que vengas a cenar ahora mismo.)
She hardly answer questions.
Do you know what a dictionary is ? Why don’t you look it up ?

aroibas

Si vas a responder con ironía, ahorrate la molestia. En todo caso, no te preguntaba a vos. Disculpá por hacerte perder tu valiosísimo tiempo.

APicon

Hola :)

Tampoco me gusta contribuyentes irónicos. Lo mejor es ignorarlos.

The verb “SAY” can be both transitive and intransitive. Some dictionaries such as macmillandictionary.com indicate this piece of information by default, whereas some don’t.

After “SAY” we do NOT normally use a direct object (that is, to whom we are speaking), as “SAY” is NORMALLY used to inform, “open the mouth and speak so that the other person can hear us”, without mentioning who the person is/was talking to:
CORRECT: He said (that) it was fine.

When we have an object, we must use “to”:
CORRECT: He said to me that I was too young for the job.
INcorrect: He said me…
CORRECT: He told me I was too young for the job,
CORRECT: Say hello ( <- this word is an object here) to Ronnie for me!
INcorrect: Say Ronnie hello…

Make sure you also check out here at engvid.com:
Alex's "SAY & TELL – Reported Speech"
James's "Speaking English – Say, Tell, Hear, Listen – How to use them correctly"

All the best and have fun learning English!
David

David

Say hello to Jade as well ! :)

David

As far as I can see APicon, David is an expert on the English language,apart from writing Spanish well.

Hi David, I’ve read some of your comments on EngVid and as usuall YOU always hit the nail on the head.

Thanks a lot for sharing all this with us.

Have an enjoyable weekend.

Regino

Hello Regino,

Thank you for your kind words. I am delighted to hear it. I am more than happy to help students on these pages :)

As for my Spanish, I know it should be “no me gustan” :). The problem is that there is no “edit reply” option on these forums – once you post a contribution, you will be unable to edit it :(

David

Hi David. Thanks a lot! Very clear and kind answer. I appreciate that. :)

APicon

thank you Jade for this great lesson, I have couple questions to you. How do we use the verb send, do we say ” I will send to him…” or ” I will send him …” the same thing to the verb [want].

tarikjnt

What a lesson!!! really cool, I loved it and you’re a great teacher Jade. So, I wonder if you can give me more intransitives verbs, you know, to learn so much…thank you!

daniy

Even i would like to know about “SAY”????
Its fantastic lesson Jade.I used to get confused with this.Its bit tricky for me i think i need to do more practice of it.Thank you for this lesson.

TEJALKK

Hello,
Please check my comment above.
Regards,
David

David

Hello David,
I absolutely understood your fantastic explanation.Thanks a lot for your kind cooperation :-)
Regards,
TEJALKK.

TEJALKK

Thank you, Jade.What about ” To speak with”,” To talk with” ? Is there any difference with To speak to and to talk to? Thanks.

Elen Sheff

Jade, regarding “transitive” and “intransitive” I think you messed things up.

tomek11

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Jorge Pedroso

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Ukrit

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hasani124

It’s really and still a common mistake if one doesn’t pay attention to Jade’s explanation.

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Vuthea

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cristina

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xayasith

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Yeldos

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ealeks-69

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sergioopoc

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RichardBridge

Does the verb -tell- need ‘to’ or not?

frecciazzurra

question number 2 is my unlucky question. (correct answer is ” I would like speak to management.” right?)

Thank you very much for this video!!

your sincerely;
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sophor

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rajeshecegce

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Astric

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keremgolbasi

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omar05

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Maverick Shun

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Khaleed

Thanks for your great lessons.
By the way, I have a question about today’s lesson. Ithink a verb which needs ‘to’ after it is called ‘intransitive verb’, and a verb which doesn’t need ‘to’ after it is called ‘transitive verb.’ What do you think of it, Jade?

yoshidajyuku

I have got 7 of 10, it is a really good lesson, I enjoyed a lot. I want to humbly ask you to please keep preparing of such important lessons. Hope to see you more with your helpful and productive lessons.
Many thanks and best wishes
Hasib
Kabul, Afghanistan

Hasib Nasir

I have got 10 of 10,thank you Jade.

fatihaeng

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duongtranvn

The number of your video is not 828, but 830.
I have all Engvid lesson Videos, and they are 830.

satrio93

I have to email work.
What does this sentence mean?

gdyes88

Thanks for asking

Winsome

Thanks for asking Gdyes88. I also have this query. Let’s wait for the answer from Jade. Cheers

Winsome

I got 7 from 10

Baslaib123

9 of 10

Vladlena2015

I got 11 out of 10
I’m just kidding :)
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moathmaher

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MisterNelsoN

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tatadz

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Gabi

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karkiujjwal

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Kaleem

10/10 yay
thank you so much, it was really useful :)

tanyaidek

Thank you for the lesson, Jade!

Zhannat

Is say to also a transative verb?

Eva0104

‘I have to email work.’ Does the word ‘work’ in this sentence means workplace?

beanpole

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enrique01

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canjeelo93

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canjeelo93

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xFabian

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abadullah

10/10
Thanks

Bill Jin

Thanks Jade!
How can we distinguish between transitive verb and non transitive? Hope you can teach in detail and give more explaination instead of just giving some examples. Thanks!

Winsome

Bhooyaa ” You got 10 correct out of 10 :D ” !!!

thanks for the awesome lesson Jade!

Could you do a lesson about “for” too..
the difference between to and for.. sometimes I get confused…

Ex-
– It’s boring for/to me to watch love stories
– The most boring thing for/to me is doing homework

DaZun

Thank you

Noraddeen

Many thanks

Mahmoud-Syrian

“I have to email to work.”
Incorrect? Why?

Radoslav

because of the verb to Mail, does not want TO ( like: phone, call, ask, answer ecc). h

Briklend Handersson

because * the verb to mail does not want To

Briklend Handersson

Thanks for the quiz jade

Nickolas Nembhard

Your a pretty good teacher you know

Nickolas Nembhard

Jade, what about “With whom are you talking?”
Is it wrong?

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HeshamQaba

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marbeck

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Hi Darya, I’ve heard a lot about this application program (skype),it must be very useful for some of you,but to tell the truth I haven’t had it installed yet.

I wish I could help you, but not at the moment.

All the best with your English, regards.

Regino

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franicoll66

Thanks jade, your lesson was very interesting and your accent was better.

Rigomezc

Thank you very much my good teacher

Somtola

9/10. thank’s to you for that. Is that correct?

rizqi.pratama

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rungruny

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rampek

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asmaasaad14

Hi Jade, The Lesson you Taught me to day is very important to speak or to write a letter,bu still it it is not enough.so long.

Enkutatash

Hi could you please help me?

Active

Excuse me, I don’t understand no.2
What is correct, I would like speak to management ?
Thank you very much :D

mintmemories

because we speak with person not with managment

Zubair Ahmed

thx.

nicterry770828

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I really appreciated on everyone’s work. You have an amazing team work.
Will speak to you soon.
Alex :-)

Alex

Great, thank you.

mboush123

Its very helpful for me .

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Phillip Lam

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debcr27

Thank you, Jade.
I would like to know the difference between no and not

Luciana

thank you!

klover22

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I like your explanation

BOUYAHYA

I have to email to work incorrect
how to correct this sentence

guray

I got 9/10.
I got question 3 wrong.

Frederico Cavalini

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yafino

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Silverback49

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m8youcef

Hello jade,I’ve learnt at the course that,I should take ” to” When I say I would like ”to” speak,But you quiz says:It’s wrong ?

AnatoliaUniversity

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vinhvu

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Jloreto

I don’t watch the video, and i got 100%.
Thank you at all.

abosherif

I loved this lesson! thanks a lot, you were so clear! These are very common mistakes, but nowadays they are not going to be a problem for me any more. Thanks!!!!

Alexandra 64

Very poor

Lazizjon

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dimasdz

Thank so much, Jade.

Glop

If the sentence “They replied me” is wrong. What would it be the correct form?

Dtorresz

video can not play.why?

khawaja mohsin

I think it’s because it’s on Youtube, which may be blocked where you are.

engVid Moderator

10/10. Thank you Jade.

ann ann

I don’t understand the reason for (replay to me ) and not ( replay me )
It seems right for me to say replay like send me anyway that is the only mistake I made or ( I did ) thanks a lot

preemy

it is a little bit irriitating: you write on a board the words with to and at the same time you are saying not to use those “to”. In the second example. And at the end I couldn’t remember what is wrong or right, because I saw (in my mind) written words on board with “to”, where “to” is not to be used. sorry my english((

KasyA

just watch it again…hope you understand it better

Mudassir161

that was a good lesson. thank u so much, ı want to use a sentence that learned from this video. ı need to study english harder than before.

Servet34

10/10 thank you :)

Yaz

1.i didn’t get how to say correctly ‘He wrote me” in formal language
2. also please don’t write the sentences with mistakes, it distract

Poltavalya

How come I hear some people say “speak with” instead of “speak to”? Is it right to say it like that, and if so, in what context will I have to say “speak with”?

fdparan

I like the way you teach. your teaching is like your name “JADE” (the precious Stone). Thank you :)

zack-rey

Thanks Jade!
A Very useful lesson

linoreale

Thanks Jade, Could you please add few videos on CELPIP exam.

Aravind9

Dear Miss Jade,
Thank you so much for ur nice videos, you are really helping me a lot, and I can understand good from your beautiful way.
I’m wondering if you can help me solve some difficult questions from a test I’m going to have soon, I have some examples from the questions, so it will be very nice from u to help me.

The question;
Even as a girl, ––––––– to be her life, and theater audiences were to be her best teacher.
1- it was known that Funny Brice’s performances were
2- audiences knew that Funny Brice’s performances were
3- Funny Brice knew that performing was
4- performance by Funny Brice were

Thank you so much, and I have more questions just let me know if u can help me..

Regards,
Mohammed